Health Minister Mark Holland (Ajax, Ont.) issued a statement: “September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month – a time to reflect on how we can better understand and address the needs of children affected by cancer, as well as their families and caregivers. Through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, our government has invested more … Read more
Health Minister Mark Holland (Ajax, Ont.) and Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth Marci Ien (Toronto Centre, Ont.) announced an $8.3 million investment from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Institute of Gender and Health and Women and Gender Equality Canada for the Pan-Canadian Women’s Health Coalition – Hubs. There will be 10 virtual hubs across … Read more
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health and to the Minister of Sport Adam van Koeverden (Milton, Ont.) announced that the Government of Canada, in collaboration with JDRF Canada, is investing $33 million to support 12 research projects to prevent, detect, manage, and treat diabetes. Four research teams will work on precision medicine in type 1 … Read more
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos (Québec, Que.) announced an investment of $1.1 million in research to promote sleep health. Led by Dr. Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen at the University of British Columbia, this team will prioritize equity as it relates to insomnia, sleep health, and public health interventions. The Government of Canada is supporting this research through the Canadian Institutes … Read more
Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health Carolyn Bennett (Toronto-St. Paul’s, Ont.) announced a research investment of nearly $3 million through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to support three clinical trials that will examine psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy as a potential treatment option for alcohol use disorder, treatment-resistant depression and end-of-life psychological … Read more
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos (Québec, Que.) announced $9 million in research funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé, the Ontario Ministry of Health, ResearchNB, and the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation. With this investment, 60 research teams composed of researchers, policy makers, and people with lived experience, … Read more
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos (Québec, Que.) issued a statement: “June is Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Awareness Month in Canada,” he said. “ALS is a relentlessly progressive, fatal motor neuron disease that eventually leads to the loss of the ability to move, speak, and breathe. This disease can move with startling swiftness: four out of five … Read more
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos (Québec, Que.) issued a statement: “May is MS Awareness Month and today, we mark World MS Day. Earlier this month, I met with MS Canada to discuss how we can work together to improve the lives of the more 90,000 Canadians with multiple sclerosis (MS) and prevent MS before it starts. MS … Read more
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance Rachel Bendayan (Outremont, Que.) announced the Government of Canada, through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, is providing over $680,000 to Dr. Isabelle Ouellet-Morin of the University of Montreal to study how harsh parenting may affect socioemotional and behavioral problems in children. Dr. Ouellet-Morin’s work … Read more
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) President Dr. Michael J. Strong announced that Dr. Katherine Frohlich has been appointed Scientific Director of the CIHR Institute of Population and Public Health for a term of four years, effective September 1, 2023. The full release is available online. Contact mediarelations@cihr-irsc.gc.ca.
